mado jedü

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Ye'kwana[edit]

A waja decorated with nine repetitions of the mado jedü pattern.

Etymology[edit]

From mado (jaguar) +‎ jedü (face), literally ‘jaguar’s face’.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [maɾ̠o hʷeɾ̠ɨ]

Noun[edit]

mado jedü

  1. a basket design pattern resembling two square brackets linked by a center line (see image)

References[edit]

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    Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 110–111, 115, 186–188, 206